You can type the letter into the cell or select it from the Alphabet Key on the right. Click in a cell to highlight it then, in the Alphabet Key, click on the letter you think should go in the highlighted cell. That letter will also appear in every other cell in the grid with the same number. Click again to remove the letter. In With Hints mode, the correct letters in the Alphabet Key are highlighted in the same shade as the given letters. Any incorrect letter will be highlighted in the Alphabet Key in a contrasting shade.
Need a hint? You’ll need to be playing in With Hints mode. If you are, click inside the numbered cell that you would like revealed. Then click on Hint to show the Hint menu and click on Letter. The correct letter will be inserted in the cell you selected and in every other cell in the grid with the same number.
Just want a quick look at the whole solution? Again, you’ll have to be playing in With Hints mode. If you are, click on Hint to show the Hint menu and select Reveal.
As you correctly complete the Code Cracker, the solution cells above the grid will reveal the mystery answer.
Deleting or changing letters: Click on the letter then use the Backspace key. Or click on the letter and type another one over it. Or use the Alphabet Key to remove the letter in the selected cell.
Alphabet Key: The Alphabet Key to the right of the Code Cracker grid shows the available letters for the puzzle. If a letter is not used in that Code Cracker puzzle, it will also not appear in the Alphabet Key. Given letters are highlighted.
Click in a cell to highlight it then, in the Alphabet Key, click on the letter you think should go in the highlighted cell. That letter will also appear in every other cell in the grid with the same number. Click again to remove the letter.
In With Hints mode, when a letter is entered correctly in a cell or cells in the grid, it will be highlighted in the Alphabet Key in the same shade as the given letters. Any incorrect letter will be highlighted in the Alphabet Key in a contrasting shade.
In Challenge mode, as you fill in each letter, it will fade to grey in the Alphabet Key, making it easier to see your remaining choices
Game modes:
With Hints
With Hints mode tells you if you’re right as you progress. Cells containing correct letters are highlighted in the same shade as the given letters. Cells containing the wrong letters will be highlighted in a contrasting shade.
The Alphabet Key will also display this shading, so you’ll always know when you’ve entered the right letter in the right cell or cells.
Need a hint? Click inside the numbered cell that you would like revealed. Then click Hint to show the Hint menu, then click Letter. The correct letter will be inserted in the cell you selected and in every other cell in the grid with the same number.
Just want a quick look at the whole solution? Click Hint to show the Hint menu, then click Reveal. The whole puzzle solution will be displayed for 5 seconds.
Challenge Mode
There are no hints in Challenge mode, no highlighting to show you’ve selected the correct letter, and no 5-second peek at the solution. Challenge mode is for hard-core players.
When you successfully complete the Code Cracker in Challenge Mode, your time and rank will be displayed.